Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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2005 Second Record of the Dipluran, Occasyapyx carltoni Allen, 1988 () from Arkansas Chris T. McAllister Angelo State University, [email protected]

Christopher Carlton Louisiana State University

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1'3 2 Chris T. McAllister and Christopher Carlton Department ofBiology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909 Louisiana State Museum, Department ofEntomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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In North America, the genus Occasjapyx Silvestri, 1948 On 30 December 2004, the first author collected a (Diplurajapygidae) currently includes .5 species, 0. single specimen of an unknown japygid species in muddy americanus (MacGillivary, 1893), 0. californicus Silvestri, 1948, substrate within the twilight zone of Blevins Cave (formerly 0. carltoni Allen, 1988, 0. koboidi Silvestri, 1928, and 0. Cave Creek Spring Cave), 9.8 km (6.1 mi) north of Pleasant sierrensis Smith, 1959 (Smith, 1959; Reddell, 1983; Allen, Plains off US 167 along Powers Creek, Independence 2002). Four of these taxa occur in the far western United County, Arkansas. The specimen was placed in a vial States in various parts of California, whereas 0. carltoni is containing 70% ethanol and sent to the second author for found in the east-central U.S. in the Ozark Mountains of identification. Based on the terminal lamina of the lacinia, northern Arkansas. Allen (1988) described 0. carltoni based antennae, cerci, and dorsal chaetotaxy, the specimen was on 2 specimens collected near the Buffalo River at Kyle's tentatively identified as 0. carltoni. A voucher specimen is Landing, Indian Creek, Newton County, Arkansas on 7 deposited in the invertebrate collection of the Louisiana March 1988. The specimens were collected under rocks State Arthropod Museum. along a creek bank. Allen (1988) reported that both types The new collection site is approximately 167 km (104 were deposited in the University of Arkansas Insect mi) southeast of the type locality (Fig. 1). Interestingly, Collection, but Robison and Allen (1995) gave the records of diplurans from Arkansas caves are rare (see American Museum of Natural History, New York,NYas the McDaniel and Smith, 1976; McDaniel et al., 1979; Dunivan holotype repository and Arkansas as the paratype et al., 1982; Graening et al., 2003). As such, we suggest repository. The latter specimen was apparently later additional collecting of diplurans in epigean habitat in transferred to the Academy of Natural Sciences, the state. Philadelphia (R. T Allen,pers. comm.). Since the original description, we are unaware of additional reports of the Acknowledgments.- We thank R. H. Bryant and J. P. species in the literature other than a color photograph, a line Fuller for assistance incollecting, C. Blevins for access to the drawing, and additional commentary of this Arkansas cave site on his property, R. T. Allen,G. O. Graening, and endemic inRobison and Allen (1995). H. W. Robison for technical assistance, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for Scientific Collecting Permit 021520051 issued to the senior author.

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Fig. 1. County outline map of Arkansas showing localities for 0. carltoni. Type locality inNewton County (dot), new locality in Independence County (star). Scale bar = 81 km (50 mi).

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